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súpan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
súpan, p. seáp, pl. supon; pp. sopen.
Wright's OE grammar
§131; §291; §496;
to sup, to take [fluid]
into the mouth
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  • Gif hé ðæt broð sýpþ,

      Lchdm. ii. 336, 16.
  • Hé sǽp (seáp,

      MSS. O. V.) of
    ðæm calice blód, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 162.
  • Súp ðæt wós,

      Lchdm. i. 86, 17.
  • Hrefnes fót wel on wíne, súp swá ðú hátost mǽge, ii. 50, 25: 56, 2: iii. 48, 2.
  • Seóð on wíne, súpe hit swá wearm and healde on his múðe, i. 94, 20.
  • Wyl on gáte meolce and súpe, ii. 100, 24.
  • Þeáh ðú mid cuclere ðæt súpe, ðæt hylpþ,

      184, 25.
  • Genim fífleáfan seáw . . . syle him súpan, i. 86,

      25, 28: 82, 23.
  • Dó on swýþe gód beór, syle hyt him ðonne wlacu súpan,

      196, 19.
  • Hé gelǽhte ǽnnecalic and sealde his gingrum of tó súpenne,

      Homl. Th. ii. 244, 14.
  • Hé scóf on hálig wæter of ðam hálgan treówe, sealde ðam ádligan of tó súpenne,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 264.
used figuratively
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  • Ðeáh ic hine súpe, ic hine wille eft út áspíwan of mínum múðe,

      Past. 58; Swt. 447, 1.
  • Ða ðe ne suppas deáð

    qui non gustabunt mortem,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 16, 28.
  • Ne mé se seáð súpe mid múðe

    neque urgeat super me puteus os suum,

      Ps. Th. 68, 15. [To
    frete ar ful tyme were and þanne to sitten and soupen, Piers P. 2, 96.
  • Soupe the lene broth,

      P. S. 324, 239.
  • Soop up absorbuit, Wick. Apoc. 12, 16; sopen,

    pp.,

      Ps. 123, 4.
  • Me þoȝte Kaym tok Abelles blod and sop it op, Anglia i. 314, 473.
  • Sowpone or sowpe sorbeo, absorbeo; sowpynge

    sorbicio,

      Prompt. Parv. 466, col. 2.
Etymology
[Du. zuipen to drink, quaff: O. H. Ger. súfan sorbere: Ger. saufen: Icel. súpa.]
Similar entries
v. be-, ge-súpan; sopa, and next word.
Linked entries
v.  sopa sype sypian.
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